Book Two - 
HOW TO MANAGE AND OPERATE
FILM & VIDEO FESTIVALS
by Lauri R. Tanner

HOW TO START FILM FESTIVALS
The Primer

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Project managed by Big Horse Inc., creators of FilmProfit 

Table of Contents

Chapters

  1. General Arts Non-Profit Organizational + Festivals Administration ; Fiscal Management - Governance, Accounting, Budgets, Funding Cycles; Earned/ Contributed Income Strategies;  General Festival Timelines, Follow-ups, Reporting, Evaluations

  2. Sponsors, Fundraising and All Types of Support -  Membership Programs, Educating Funders and Donors; Media, Airlines, Hotel Sponsorship, etc. - In-kind/Monetary

  3. Responsibilities and Duties for Staffing, Volunteers, Boards, Interns - Personal/ Organizational Issues in regard to Cyclical format, 'Burn out', Hierarchies, etc. -  Festival Personnel Policies and Job Descriptions

  4. Programming, Curating and Scheduling; Retrospectives; Question & Answer Sessions; Foreign Language Film Issues

  5. Film Shipping and Print Traffic

  6. Print Sources, Distribution and Video; Buyers and Distributors

  7. Venues and the Exhibition Business; Theaters (including Signage); Archives and Media Centers; Mobile Stages

  8. Technical & Projection Issues and Logistics; Formats for Screens and Video; Electronic/ Digital/ New Technologies; Non-Theater Viewing Equipment

  9. Advertising, Publicity, Public Relations, Marketing, Promotion, and Merchandising; Public Service Announcements, Interviews with Filmmakers

  10. Press Releases, Press Screenings, Press Relations

  11. Publications - Program Guides, Catalogues, Organizational Newsletters, Mailing Lists and Mailings, Calls for Entries/Entry Forms (Competitive and non-competitive)

  12. Audiences - Development, Community Outreach, Demographic Info; Surveys

  13. Guest/Filmmaker Relations -  Outreach, Hospitality, Maker Reasons for Entry; Maker self-promotion at fests

  14. Special Events, Promos, Opening Night, Premieres as Events (getting celebs.); Raffles

  15. Ticketing and Registration; Ticket Companies (plus online ticketing)

  16. Legal Issues -  Contracts, Insurance for Fests, Employees, copyright issues, etc.

  17. Educational Programs and Issues -  Schools at the Fest Model; Seminars, Workshops, and Panels;  Media Literacy and Audience Education;  Speakers

  18. Touring Festivals and Packages -  Distribution Programs related to Festivals

  19. Competitions, Awards Programs (Audience Awards/Ballots, Non-Juried Awards/Artist Recognition/Tributes-Lifetime Achievement); Juries and Jury Selection; Judging Strategies

  20. Special Problems - Translators-Subtitling, Access, etc.; Policies and Politics - Controversial Issues + Troubleshooting/ Contingencies; Censorship

  21. Event/Festival Management Models from other Fields; Markets; Television; Domestic and International Festival & Events Associations; Arts Administration & Advocacy Organizations and issues; Related film and videomaker production and self-distribution issues; Film commissions; Related municipal and federal organizations (including tourism promotion, economic development, etc.)

  22. New Technologies and Telecommunications Issues-  Multimedia and Interactive Exhibition models within the festival format;  Festivals Online - Web sites, E-mail, film access on Internet.

How to Manage and Operate Film & Video Festivals is Based on Interviews with the Film Festival Directors, Staff and Other Experts Listed Below:

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